# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=484 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 485 --- ## [What Is Your Absolute Single Favorite Movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092)
**Author:** [@pawkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pawkins)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-absolute-single-favorite-movie/839092 "2019-09-10T15:14:47Z")
My all time favorite movie is the Legends of the Fall. Genious actours, interesting plot and so beautiful landscapes! I can wacth this movie again and again! What’s yours? --- ## [man buys worlds most expensive bottle of beer (sort of)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-buys-worlds-most-expensive-bottle-of-beer-sort-of/839874)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-buys-worlds-most-expensive-bottle-of-beer-sort-of/839874 "2019-09-10T14:12:07Z")
this is why ya always check your receipt at the bar MSN My question is if hed been pissed drunk and the barmaid didn’t catch it … and he woke up the next day and tried t0 get it switched back what would have happened? … --- ## [What movie was this? (Danny Devito)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-danny-devito/839864 "2019-09-10T13:25:03Z")
I vaguely remember a comic movie which I think I saw in the early 1990s starring Danny DeVito. I may, in fact probably do, remember the plot all wrong, but my recollection is that it went something like this: DeVito was … --- ## [Vernor Vinge - ‘A Fire Upon The Deep’ is now my favorite hard SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vernor-vinge-a-fire-upon-the-deep-is-now-my-favorite-hard-sf/839717)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vernor-vinge-a-fire-upon-the-deep-is-now-my-favorite-hard-sf/839717 "2019-09-10T12:39:58Z")
Both this book and ‘A Deepness In The Sky’ (also in the same universe) won the Hugo award. If you understand the difference between inertial mass and active gravitational mass, I highly recommended this book. --- ## [New DC series Pennyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dc-series-pennyworth/836710)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dc-series-pennyworth/836710 "2019-09-10T12:32:24Z")
Who was the Superhero before Batman? --- ## [Videos you like of songs you don't like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-you-like-of-songs-you-dont-like/839603)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-you-like-of-songs-you-dont-like/839603 "2019-09-10T11:40:47Z")
Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer seemed IMO to be quite the pedestrian pop number, but all the stop animation in the video was pretty cool. Always thought Sonic Youth’s Teenage Riot was kinda drab, but the video, which had … --- ## [When did it become normal to make copies of all the TV shows and movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-it-become-normal-to-make-copies-of-all-the-tv-shows-and-movies/839897)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-it-become-normal-to-make-copies-of-all-the-tv-shows-and-movies/839897 "2019-09-10T05:03:08Z")
My understanding is a lot of films made 100 years ago are lost forever Plus Marion Stokes recorded a lot of TV shows, which apparently is a new digital archive but she was recording in the 80s and 90s. Nowadays I g… --- ## [American Pie, keep the rye but hold the whiskey. Recording oddity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-keep-the-rye-but-hold-the-whiskey-recording-oddity/839216)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-pie-keep-the-rye-but-hold-the-whiskey-recording-oddity/839216 "2019-09-10T01:29:46Z")
I was listening to this very cool isolated vocal and bass track of American Pie: american pie isolated bass and vox The bass lines are fast and cool all the way through (either the guy was playing with a pick or had li… --- ## [How do you prefer your Coke Floats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-coke-floats/839790)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-coke-floats/839790 "2019-09-09T23:48:11Z")
I went by Dairy Queen yesterday and requested only one scoop of ice cream in my large Coke Float. That seemed to confuse the server. You want less ice cream than what we’d give you? Why yes. I’m hot & thirsty and I cons… --- ## [Cord Cutting - opinions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cord-cutting-opinions/839868)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cord-cutting-opinions/839868 "2019-09-09T22:50:15Z")
I’ve been a long customer of Sling TV paired with picking up broadcast channels OTA. Sling’s been pretty good, but OTA is hit-and-miss. So I have signed up for YouTube TV’s free trial. It has two major benefits: it has… --- ## [Identifying a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-a-movie/839922)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-a-movie/839922 "2019-09-09T18:49:50Z")
Saw part of this one, with the sound off, in a hospital waiting room this weekend. The female lead looked like a younger Lindsay Lohan (but was probably not her). Wardrobe and cars seemed a bit on the retro side. Visual… --- ## [Carol Lynley passes at age 77.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carol-lynley-passes-at-age-77/839835)
**Author:** [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carol-lynley-passes-at-age-77/839835 "2019-09-09T15:53:30Z")
Carol Lynley died of a heart attack on September 3 at her home in Pacific Palisades, California. The news articles focus on her role in The Poseidon Adventure (the original, of course). She had a pretty good run of stu… --- ## [Do you use your Oven Broiler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-oven-broiler/621343)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-oven-broiler/621343 "2019-09-09T15:23:56Z")
My first apartment after college had a new oven and broiler pan. I used it maybe three or four times cooking steaks and pork chops. That’s all it took to teach me an unpleasant lesson. Spend 10 minutes broiling a stea… --- ## [Wentworth (TV series): talk to me, mates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wentworth-tv-series-talk-to-me-mates/839627)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wentworth-tv-series-talk-to-me-mates/839627 "2019-09-09T14:37:54Z")
This is my latest binge(I don’t even want to admit how many eps I watched over the weekend). Judging by it’s longevity, I can only assume it’s very popular in Australia so I just wanted to hear what our Aussie friends ha… --- ## [Fashion & Dressing Your Age: How Important Is It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-dressing-your-age-how-important-is-it/832268)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-dressing-your-age-how-important-is-it/832268 "2019-09-09T14:13:48Z")
I see several people of all ages wearing hoodies & sweatpants to dress shirts & dockers. Family values may be at play because my mom always told us that we should look “presentable” back when I was in high school. A nice… --- ## ["Dark Horses" from my Top Thirtyfive Movies List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-horses-from-my-top-thirtyfive-movies-list/839705)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-horses-from-my-top-thirtyfive-movies-list/839705 "2019-09-09T13:14:58Z")
Spurred by some of the threads here, I prepared my own Favorite Movies list. Most are familiar favorites which I won’t bore you by listing, but some are “dark horses”: Flower Drum Song Whale Rider Crash (2004) The T… --- ## [I'm craving a yummy salty spicy Bloody Mary. Give me your best version, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-yummy-salty-spicy-bloody-mary-give-me-your-best-version-please/839801)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-yummy-salty-spicy-bloody-mary-give-me-your-best-version-please/839801 "2019-09-09T03:16:14Z")
I’m very new to this divine drink. The version I had at swabbies in Sacramento included olives and pepperoncini, but no celery. It was pretty good, but I’m wondering if I can improve upon it here at home. So please sh… --- ## [What Makes An Italian Sub Authentic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-an-italian-sub-authentic/839682)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-an-italian-sub-authentic/839682 "2019-09-09T01:03:06Z")
In a nostalgia group on FB, someone talked about their favorite Italian restaurant and how it made the “most authentic” Italian subs. As a southern WASP, I have no idea what makes an Italian sub authentic. Can someone … --- ## [Which fictional detective is the most personally miserable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-detective-is-the-most-personally-miserable/820301)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-detective-is-the-most-personally-miserable/820301 "2019-09-08T23:40:26Z")
Watching Hinterland on Netflix, I’m tempted to vote for Welsh detective Tom Mathias, but there’s a long tradition of fictional detectives with absolutely pathetic personal lives. So who else is up there with Tom in term… --- ## [pumpkin fudge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-fudge/839489)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-fudge/839489 "2019-09-08T22:43:17Z")
Does anyone know of a good online place to buy pumpkin fudge, or any fudge for that matter. That’s also reasonable price. Thanks --- ## [Did the day after scare you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-day-after-scare-you/839820)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-day-after-scare-you/839820 "2019-09-08T22:41:13Z")
In the 80s a t.v.movie aired about nuclear war in akansas town.also there were the British film threads.if you watched it did you find it scary to watch? --- ## [New Tool song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tool-song/838330)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tool-song/838330 "2019-09-08T17:03:47Z")
The first song off Tool’s new album was just released (TOOL - Fear Inoculum (Audio) - YouTube). On first listen the vocals don’t really grab me, but the drumming is pretty stellar. Kinda how I felt about 10,000 days on… --- ## [Margaret Atwood: The Testaments -- sequel to The Handmaid's Tale.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margaret-atwood-the-testaments-sequel-to-the-handmaids-tale/839866)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margaret-atwood-the-testaments-sequel-to-the-handmaids-tale/839866 "2019-09-08T02:31:04Z")
In the 2019 September 6 edition of MacLean’s, Brian Bethune gives a tantalizing preview of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments that is coming out on the 9th: “Margaret Atwood’s urgent new tale of Gilead: in her much-antici… --- ## ["The Reliant", a movie about killing liberals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661 "2019-09-07T23:56:41Z")
Hey, remember The Hunt, a movie supposedly about killing deplorables for fun? We had a thread about it: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=880125s. I thought it was pretty likely that the redhats would … --- ## [How Do You Interpret Rupert Holmes' "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-interpret-rupert-holmes-escape-the-pina-colada-song/839694)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-interpret-rupert-holmes-escape-the-pina-colada-song/839694 "2019-09-07T22:53:21Z")
I realize that this song has a substantial hatedom, but I’m asking you to look outside of your blinding hatred for this one. What message do you think the song is trying to convey? --- ## [Xkcd Fans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-fans/839791)
**Author:** [@GMANCANADA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GMANCANADA)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-fans/839791 "2019-09-07T22:42:18Z")
I found this comic through SD as it seems many Dopers are fans. I thought you might find this interview with Randall Munroe & article on his new book interesting: --- ## [Is Tracey Morgan Funny or Sad Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tracey-morgan-funny-or-sad-now/839669)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tracey-morgan-funny-or-sad-now/839669 "2019-09-07T22:11:36Z")
First of all, I want to make clear I have nothing against people with brain damage and deficiencies. Whether present at birth, or acquired later in life. That having been said… In case you don’t know, comedian and forme… --- ## [Doctor Whouse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-whouse/839218)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-whouse/839218 "2019-09-07T21:11:22Z")
Inspired by a weird dream I had: What if the Doctor went around through time and space saving the day, but being a total dick while doing it? --- ## [What sandwich did I have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-did-i-have/839687)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-did-i-have/839687 "2019-09-07T20:50:47Z")
So, this was at a non-chain restaurant in the late 80’s (that is no longer in business). I don’t know if it was the chef’s own creation, but it was called a “Sicilian”. Going off memory of the flavor, it definitely had… --- ## [What to do with lemon juice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-lemon-juice/839795)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-lemon-juice/839795 "2019-09-07T19:34:32Z")
I have this great new cookie recipe that calls for the zest of 4 lemons. Lemons don’t keep all that well once you’ve zested them, and really, the only other thing I use lemons for on a regular basis is making lentil soup… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=483) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=485)